Garmin 800 is fine, but I wonder whose dumb idea it was to not have easily swappable batteries. Makes the thing next to useless for >14 hour rides.

As said not many people ride more than 14 hours per day. If you really need more battery power you can bring a battery pack and charge the unit when you take a breaks.

I really like my Edge 800 not that I do not think some of the suggestions in this thread sounds interesting. I more would wish the bike directions and trails that show up on Google would transfer better to the Garmin maps and that it in the first place would have bike friendly routes when if you type in a destination.

I more would wish the bike directions and trails that show up on Google would transfer better to the Garmin maps and that it in the first place would have bike friendly routes when if you type in a destination.

I use Ride With GPS, and the TCX files that the site exports work great with Garmin...

And if you're in Brooklyn, you should come up to the Catskills and enjoy some great roads...only 1.5 hours by Metro North to Poughkeepsie.

I'm not sure you can rely on the Edge 800 lasting 14 hours. I lost GPS during a double (during an Edge 500 upload snafu, with earlier, buggier firmware) and it didn't make me happy at all. I really wanted that Strava activity to see how I'd done on the climbs relative to other riders, or how much time I'd lost in a wrong turn (why I took a wrong turn when using and Edge 500 is a good question: I'd not at the time known how to use the navigation feature).

Putting the phone in flight mode makes a difference. Logging for up to 10 hours is possible with most devices. Of course you'll have to keep the screen off. These 510 and 810 do not seem to provide any substantial improvements over the old models. But Garmin dominates the market anyway so I guess they don't have to.

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